{"id":462586,"date":"2025-10-02T21:10:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=462586"},"modified":"2025-10-02T21:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:10:21","slug":"nba-preseason-knicks-defeat-sixers-99-85-in-abu-dhabi-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nba-preseason-knicks-defeat-sixers-99-85-in-abu-dhabi-game\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Preseason: Knicks Defeat Sixers 99-85 in Abu Dhabi Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks cruised past the Philadelphia 76ers with a 99-85 win in the first NBA Preseason game of the season<\/p>\n<p>After a balanced opening quarter, debuting head coach Brown\u2019s squad took control in the middle periods, outscoring Philadelphia 56-32 to build a decisive lead.<\/p>\n<p>At the Etihad Arena, both teams rotated heavily through their benches. For the Knicks, Miles McBride impressed with 12 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals, while Mitchell Robinson dominated the glass with 7 points and 16 rebounds. Mikal Bridges also added 10 points and 2 steals.<\/p>\n<p>For the Sixers, Tyrese Maxey posted 14 points and 4 assists, matched by rookie VJ Edgecombe, who contributed 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists in his preseason debut after being selected No. 3 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VJ Edgecombe in his NBA Preseason debut today in Abu Dhabi:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 14 points<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd14 6 rebounds<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd14 3 assists <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gc3cgaSpmQ\">pic.twitter.com\/gc3cgaSpmQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1973822817868390406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tr\">Abu Dhabi DUB \ud83d\ude4c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bRGpi3Ej2z\">pic.twitter.com\/bRGpi3Ej2z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyknicks\/status\/1973821002649145403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">KNICKS END 3Q ON 26-10 RUN \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>Garrison Matthews is 3-3 from downtown! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2W2s1kzLeY\">pic.twitter.com\/2W2s1kzLeY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1973811547139981542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two teams will play again on Saturday at the Etihad Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":462585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-462586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/G2RrvZFXMAARjO1.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462586"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=462586"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=462586"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=462586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}